South London Harrier Ton Holden (Sutton) headed his 1,500m by almost four seconds in four minutes 9.13secs, while Croydon Harrier Zoe Fossett (South Surrey) won the javelin by a 2m plus margin with her 26.66m throw.

The intermediate girls 100m saw Croydon athletes filling the first four places Imani Lansiqet (NC) was in a class of her own into the wind, with the watch stopping at a championship best mark of 11.81secs.

Up and over: Mityrae Brooks was a runner up in the intermediate boy's high jump

Other high-quality performances from Croydon athletes in silver and bronze medal places included Robert Sakala’s intermediate hurdles silver for North Croydon in 13.48secs, only .04sec behind the winner in a nail biting finish.

Two strong senior middle distance runs caught the eye with Croydon Harrier Patrick Lucas (Sutton) bravely taking 800m silver in 1:55.32, and club colleague Stevie Lawrence (South Surrey) displaying excellent judgement in her 1,500m to snatch the important second spot in the home straight in a personal best of 4:41.06.

The top placed athletes now have a nervous wait before learning if they have been selected for the English Schools Championships next month.